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South Africa is in a deep literacy crisis. In 2016 the results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) report laid bare the dire state of our reading culture in South Africa. We were placed last out of all 50 countries in the study and 78% of Grade 4 children were not able to reach the Lowest Benchmark, which means that they cannot read for meaning or answer basic questions from the text provided in their mother tongue. Only 0.2% of the children were able to achieve the Advanced International Benchmark.
